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ALGA's Annual Report summarises the activities and financial position of the Association for the past year and outlines plans for the future. A major focus of the fiscal year 2009-10 for government at all levels was responding to the continuing impact of the Global Financial Crisis........ 2007-08 was a year in which local government began to reap the dividends of an extensive advocacy program over the past two years by the Australian Local Government Association in concert with....... 2006-07 has been a watershed year for local government. Significant progress has been made on ALGA’s three principal goals – Fair Funding, Fair Treatment and Formal Recognition.. ... Taking stock of progress made on ALGA's three principal goals - Fair Funding, Fair Treatment and Formal Recognition - shows that we accomplished a significant amount on these fronts in 2005-06. In relation to the 3 F's, we have had a year of milestones with strengthened partnerships and the historic parliamentary resolution on recognition of local government passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate recently. ... 2004-05 has been a year of solid achievement for ALGA, with a number of key goals achieved through election commitments and subsequent confirmation in the 2005-06 Federal Budget, brought down in May. We are now re-grouping and re-focussing our efforts on securing an intergovernmental agreement that introduces real change in our financial relations with state and federal governments. ... The last 12 months saw significant progress on two major goals: First and foremost, ALGA needed to push ahead with the campaign to eliminate cost shifting and secure a Fair Share of national taxation revenue. Secondly, we needed to get the Federal Government to renew the $1.2 billion Roads to Recovery program ... This year has been one of strategic lobbying and positioning for local government in advance of some critical decisions that cover a range of important issues that include: the Federal Parliamentary Inquiry into Cost-Shifting; the future of the $1.2 billion Roads to Recovery program; and the White Paper on the AusLink integrated land transport plan ...

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